The AZ Gazette
Market26 Jul 2027
Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro says no to Sporting CP
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Robin Simons damages knee ligaments — 15 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market26 Jul 2027
Heracles watching Alexandre Penetra
The interest is real enough to have reached print. AZ have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market26 Jul 2027
AZ turn down FH for Willum Þór Willumsson
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Mexx Meerdink signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mexx Meerdink commits to AZ for another 5 years.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A falling-out at AZ
Calvin Stengs and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Calvin Stengs gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Calvin Stengs wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and AZ will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
Enoch Mastoras wants to come home
“I did not go to Den Bosch to sit and watch. I want to come back to AZ and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
In brief
- Market The Seiya Maikuma story refuses to die
- The dugout Willum Þór Willumsson has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Steven Bergwijn keeps his manager's vote